Job Title
Qualifications
Duties/Responsibilities
Salary
Job Outlook
Sources
Geological Oceanographer
  • Bachelors Degree in engineering
  • Studying the structure of the ocean floor.
$87,000
Positive hiring trend is expecting through 2012.
oceanographer
Marine Chemist
  • Education
  • Masters and Doctoral level
  • Collecting and analyzing water and soil samples.
  • Using remote sensing equipment to monitor changes in current or tides.
  • Measure water flow and quality or analyzing circulation patterns to determine the effect they may have on weather or climate change.
$79,160- $105,761
Dependent on the type of research they are conducting.
chemist
Botanist
  • Doctoral Degree
  • Study plants
  • Examine aspects shared by different plant species.
  • Study how plants grow, reproduce, and manufacture food.
$62,207
Expected to grow 21% over the next 8 years.
plants
By Danielle Druckenmiller and Darius Downs